Get an attorney on this one to make sure title is clear.Sometimes properties acquired through a tax sale have outstanding issues still attached to them.Make sure the seller is not just selling his tax position.I have seen these be fought out for years in legal battles trying to get clear title to the property.Meanwhile the guy takes rents or cleans out the properties and sells off the mechanicals for cash.Just get an attorney versed in tax sales for your state to be protected.Personally just on what you said I would go after other deals because of resale problems down the road.

It will set you back about $500 but it is outstanding.

In a real property setting all things are negotiable but most buyers will want the Seller to provide clear title which means curing any tax liens or deeds outstanding.

In a perfect world, the judge will make the bank sell you the house at a short sale at the 45k price you paid at the auction.A short sale, IMO, would be much better for you as it eliminates the need to check any outstanding liens and the bank would also have to pay you prorated taxes (even though that probably won't make much difference given the guesstimated taxes on a 70k house).But if I were you, I'd petition to the judge that you should be entitled to buy the house at 45k number given all the run around this bank has given you and the fact thats the price you got it at the auction for.I'm not suggesting you demand it.

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It is simply 10% interest on the outstanding funds, then that would be normal.The deal may have usury problems depending on what state you are located in.

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